Ariane 62

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Description

Ariane 6 variant with two upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters.

Specifications

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Name
Ariane 62
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Variant
62 Block 2
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Full Name
Ariane 62 Block 2

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ArianeGroup

Commercial

CEO: Christophe Bruneau

AG 2015

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.

Sun-Earth L2

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